1. Art Book Berlin 2018. 16-18.11.2018 - link
2. PRINTMeKING 2019 Art Prize is an opportunity for artists, printmakers, designers and illustrators in the contemporary art world whose practice and research involves, but is not necessarily limited to, the medium of printmaking - link
3. Hermann Zapf & the World He Designed. A comprehensive biography of the calligrapher, type designer, and typographer Hermann Zapf. Kickstarter
4. Arjowiggins Graphic campaign showcases new typeface inspired by family war history - link
Zomertyposium 2018
After attending Zomertyposium last year I was curious about this years' edition and as soon as the date had been announced quickly bought a ticket (as this event is usually sold out quite fast). This year it focuses on the collaboration between the illustrator, the typographer and the printer and with printer Arie Lenoir, cartoonist Joost Swarte, typographer Gert Dooreman, journalist Walter Pauli and printmaker Vladimir Ivaneanu the line-up looked quite promising.
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Plus Ultra by Daniel García Andújar
A few weeks ago I had pleasure of assisting Daniel García Andújar in printing of 4 posters for the opening of his exhibition 'Plus Utra' at the KIOSK in Ghent for which he especially flew over from Barcelona. After going through the reach wood type collection of the MIAT (now Industrie Museum) Daniel chose the suitable type. As he already had an experience in typesetting we quickly finalised the composition and after running some tests and makeready everything had been printed on FAG 405 at the printing department of the museum. It was a lovely experience. Nice to meet you Daniel!
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Quick links
1. The biggest printing museum in Europe opens in Malesherbes (FR) - link
2. Bristol Wayzgoose. 01.12.2018 - link
3. Manchester Print Fair. 24.11.2018 - link
4. Check out the upcoming workshops given by yours truly & Charlotte Van Lancker at the Letterpress Corner in Ghent ;)
Open doors days at the Letterpress Corner. 29-30.09
On Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 of September we will open the doors of our Letterpress Corner in Ghent. You are all welcome between 10 am and 5 pm for a nice chat, a guided tour in the studio, demonstrations, info about the upcoming workshops and explanation about the use of the studio for your own projects.
Btw, if you register for any of our workshops during the open door days, you will receive a 10% discount;)
We are looking forward to welcoming you!
Armina & Charlotte
Letterpress Corner
Dok-Zuid 23
9000 Ghent
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Just received! Forme 01: Untruth by New North Press
Forme is a new letterpress publication, typographically exploring science’s explanations of the world around us by committing ink to paper.
‘Untruth’ is the subject of the first issue which looks at how we navigate a world riddled with misinformation and fake news. A commissioned feature from cognitive neuroscientist Neil Garrett reveals how our brains react to messages we suspect to be false and what motivates us to investigate further, even when we know we’re being lied to.
Visiting Familia Plómez in Madrid
While visiting the annual AEPM conference in Madrid I had made some time free to visit Familia Plómez which I knew a lot about but never got a chance to visit.
So I gladly accepted the invitation of Roberto Gamonal Arroyo to visit Familia Plómez , a cultural association whose objective is to preserve the printing presses and letterpress printing techniques. Familia Plómez is not a one-man show, it is a collective of more than 10 designers/printmakers who’s goal is to teach and foster the knowledge of typesetting, typography and whatever is related with the letter, printed, written or drawn. The collective of Familia Plómez primarily produces posters because it’s the most expressive form to show the visual power of typography.